Cocaine found in space shuttle hangar

Someone is wanting to fly high at NASA, but unfortunately it’s not a astronaut and it doesn’t look like the person wants to do it using the space shuttle. CNN is reporting that a small bag of cocaine was found on the floor near a bathroom in a processing hanger used for space shuttle Discovery. What makes the find particularly concerning is that it was within a restricted area.

The report goes on to say that NASA is conducting its own investigation in partnership with law enforcement, but there is no concern that the find will cause any delay in the launch of Discovery. The incident is by far not the worse incident involving a NASA employee or contractor. Back in April 2007, a NASA engineer shot and killed another engineer and then turned the gun on himself at an office building at the Johnson Space Center.

Finding a bag of cocaine is by no means at the same level as a workplace murder, but the incident is still concerning. Nevertheless, when you put in perspective the number of employees working at NASA you are going to have issues like this one from time to time. This one simply made the news because it occurred within the shuttle facility.